Strathmore's Industry Leader - Music Education

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Ana Maria Trenchi Bottazzi

Industry: Music Education
Born: May 29, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Type of Organization: Private Music School
Major Product: Teaching music
Area of Distribution: International
Expertise: Dr. Trenchi Bottazzi has over 45 years experience. A concert pianist and former child prodigy, she was originally taught, beginning at age two, by her mother, the well-known Argentine Pedagogue, Ana Sieiro de Trenchi. She studied with famed teachers Nadia Boulanger, Yves Nat, and especially Germaine Pinault and also studied with Argentina’s most famous composer, Alberto Ginastera and later with Roger Sessions and Martin Canin. Many of her performances include 17 solo recitals at Carnegie Hall. Together with her husband Bruno, Dr. Trenchi Bottazzi founded the Germaine Pinault School of Music in Manhasset, New York and has been its director for the past 37 years. She established the International Piano Tape Competition.
University/Degree: Ph.D., Music and Composition, University of Buenos Aires; D.M.A., The Julliard School; M.M., Piano, SUNY Stony Brook
Title: President
Honors & Awards: Awarded the Premier Prix, Conservatoire National de Musique in Paris; Outstanding Woman of the Year, All Nations Women’s League, 1982; The United Nations’ Outstanding People From Central and South America Award, 1984; The Outstanding Hispanic Women Achievers Award, presented to her by New York Governor Mario Cuomo, 1993; Performed at the White House for President and Mrs. Bush; Gave a recital in 1993 at the Vatican for Pope John Paul II
Published Works: Autobiography, "To Live Again", published in five languages by Dodd, Mead, and Company; Has performed and given master classes and lectures all over the world - in 34 major cities in North America, South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia; 40 plus recordings of piano pieces
Affiliations: Piano Teachers of New York
Hobbies & Sports: Computers, family activities